Railway Applications - Track - Performance Requirements for Fastening Systems - Part 5: Fastening Systems for Slab Track with Rail on the Surface or Rail Embedded in a Channel
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The DIN EN 13481-5 standard specifies the performance requirements for fastening systems used in slab track railways where the rail is either on the surface or embedded in a channel. It is applicable to fastening systems in Categories A - D, as defined in EN 13481-1:2012, for attaching rails to concrete or asphalt slabs and for embedded rails in non-ballasted tracks. The standard sets out the maximum axle loads and minimum curve radii for each category.
The requirements apply to fastening systems that act on the foot and/or web of the rail, including both direct and indirect fastening systems. The standard also covers adhesive and mechanical fastening systems for embedded rail, excluding rail cast into road pavements.
In track forms with only one supporting element per rail, such as rail seat blocks or sleepers mounted in elastomeric "boots," the concrete element and its resilient support are considered part of the elastic fastening system. However, if the track form includes multiple supporting elements per rail, such as floating slabs, those elements and their resilient supports are considered part of the slab and not the fastening system.
The standard applies only to fastening systems for rail sections specified in EN 13674-1 or EN 13674-4, excluding 49E4. It does not cover fastening systems for other rail sections, rigid fastening systems, or special fastening systems used at bolted or glued joints. This standard is intended for use in the type approval of complete fastening systems.
| Descriptors | Asphalt tiles, Carriageways, Concrete slabs, Damping, Efficiency, Fasteners, Fixings, Performance, Permanent ways, Point work, Proof loading, Rail fastening systems, Railway applications, Railway construction, Railway installations, Railways, Sleepers, Specification (approval), Steel sleepers, Tracks (materials handling equipment), Travel ways, Turnouts, Type approvals, Vibrations, Vignol rail, Power, Superstructure, Output capacity, Ties, Sheets, Roadways, Pavements (roads) |
| ICS Codes | 93.100 - Construction of railways |
| Language(s) | English |
| File Size | 1.0 MB |
